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TIL the idiom "take with a grain of salt" dates to 25 AD and refers to an antidote to poison. To take a poison or an idea with a grain of salt means to reduce it's effectiveness.

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GAo9Q TIL of the Long March 3B disaster. On 15 February 1996, the Long March 3B launch rocket failed during launch, veering off course immediately after liftoff and crashing into a village. The Chinese government reported that six people were killed and 57 injured. The village has since disappeared.
gDJA TIL the Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. The institution is teaching since 1096.
Xey6 TIL during the Nuremberg Trials, Nazi doctors defended the experiments they performed on concentration camp inmates by citing experiments performed by American researchers who had fatally infected prisoners with cholera and malaria.
oeeA TIL Kevin Smith was hired by Warner Brothers to write the script for a Superman movie. He was forced to write Superman without the power of flight and He had to fight a giant spider. The movie would’ve starred Nicolas Cage.
l7elV TIL that the average IQ is steadily increasing each generation. IQ tests are getting harder and harder to keep the average at 100, and today's kids taking tests from previous decades have an average score of over 100.